National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bayer Leverkusen or Eintracht Frankfurt that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Action has already taken place for Leverkusen in DFB Pokal as they have defeated Eintracht Norderstedt to reach the 2nd Round. Leverkusen participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the final.Overall Bundesliga stats at home this season for Bayer Leverkusen are 3-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).
A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Eintracht Frankfurt.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bayer Leverkusen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn one and lost one.
There will be little rest for Leverkusen after this match as they are travelling to Union Berlin for a Bundesliga game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Leverkusen are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated 1860 München in order to reach 2nd Round of DFB Pokal. Eintracht was sent out of DFB Pokal in the semi-finals last season.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Eintracht Frankfurt have produced an overall stat of 2-3-2 so far. Eintracht has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Eintracht when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The travelling fans enjoy Eintracht's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. The Eintracht manager A. Hütter has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Bayer Leverkusen, zero draws and four wins for Eintracht Frankfurt. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  A. Valente Silva 9 goals |   L. Alario 8 goals |  L. Bailey Butler 4 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Eintracht Frankfurt missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 60 | 29 | Scored | S | 23 | 40 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 44% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Stuttgart | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Köln | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -15 | 10 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 6 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 26 | -31 | 4 |